Event: SLNA Canada Day Event
When: July 1st - 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: St. James Park, 120 King St. E.


The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) is once again hosting Canada Day celebrations at St. James Park! On July 1st, festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. and will conclude at about 3:30 p.m.
 
Special Guests
City of Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will bring greetings at 1:00 p.m. Leading the Land Acknowledgement at 11 a.m. will be Toronto Centre MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam, followed by Ward 13 Councillor Chris Moise and Spadina-Fort York MPP Chris Glove. At 3 p.m. former journalist and new Toronto Centre MP, Evan Solomon will bring greetings.

Entertainment Schedule
Great entertainment all day!  Approximate schedule:

11:00 am- Land acknowledgement and greetings from Toronto Centre MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam
11:20 am - Alana and Leigh Cline - Celtic fiddler and guitar
12:00 pm - Ward 13 Councillor, Chris Moise 
12:10 pm   Waleed Abdulhamid - Sudanese-Canadian multi-instrumentalist
12:30 pm - Cada Family - Indigenous Storytelling and Dance
1:00 pm -  Mayor of Toronto, Olivia Chow
1:15 pm    Jeff Hubbell - Ports Toronto Archivist - History Talk
1:30 pm - Sue and Dwight - St. Lawrence's favourite troubadours
2:00 pm - Tracey, Alan, Bob and Ted - Pal's own Alan Cohen w/ Tracey Gallant, Bob Brough and Ted Quinlan - great jazz to close the day!
3:00 pm – Toronto Centre MP, Evan Solomon will bring greetings

Neighbourhood Walks/Tours – 1:30 p.m.
Heritage Canada will be leading the two following walks: St. Lawrence neighbourhood walk at 1:30 p.m., followed by tour of the St. Lawrence Hall at 2:00 p.m.
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We are grateful for the kind support of this event provided by: Old Town Toronto, Heritage Canada/Patrimoine canadien, The Friends of St. James Park, Berkeley Castle, Cathedral Church of St. James and H & R REIT. A special note of thanks is extended to the many volunteers who have helped to put this event together. 

Congratulations to Bruno Leps, Nancy Fung and all members of the SLNA Waste Reduction Group on receiving the Toronto Centre Leadership Award for their outstanding work creating, launching and managing the popular waste reduction initiative REmarket.

The award was presented to the SLNA Waste Reduction Group representatives Bruno Leps and Nancy Fung by MPP for Toronto Centre Kristyn Wong-Tam on May 30th at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
 
This prestigious honour “recognizes individuals who have made a profound and lasting contribution to the Toronto Centre community.”

Thank you to Everyone (the volunteers, the community, the participants, and our partners) for makingREmarket #13 another success!
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The St. LawrenceNeighbourhood community and 54 volunteers help saved more unwanted goods from landfill!

·       49 skids (totalling 18,375 lbs)donated to Salvation Army

·       6 skids of electronic e-waste toRCT

·       35 Bike Repairs by Culture Link

·       149 items brought into theRepair Café for repair

For recycling, reuse and disposal we collected:

·       307 pairs of eyeglasses to OpticZone

·       19.7 kg Oral Care Items

·       6blue bins (50 L) of Household Hazardous Waste

·       2 blue bins (50 L) of LightBulbs

·       49.43 kg of empty cosmeticcontainers to PACT program

·       182 water filters

·       1535 pens and markers, 4400batteries, 6.6 kg of ink cartridges to Staples recycling program

·       1764 Prescription Bottles

·       2760 Single use masks

·       367 Disposable Razors andwrappings

·       20 Smartphones to CNIB (New)

·       9985 Cigarette Butts

·       1335 coffee pods and 635 bags

·       5860 plastic bread tags

·       2683 Aluminum can tabs

Click on image below to access the registration page for the SLNA Meet and Greet and Community Meeting scheduled for June 25th, 6 p.m. at the St. Lawrence North Market building.

Event: SLNA Meet-and-Greet
When: June 25th, 6:00 p.m. -  9:30 p.m.
Where: St. Lawrence Market North Building, 92 Front St. E.

The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) is pleased to be hosting our June Community Meeting together with a neighbourhood Meet-and-Greet in the newly opened (and stunning!) St. Lawrence Market North building at 92 Front St.E.

Neighbourhood residents and businesses are invited. The evening will feature a number of firsts: the first SLNA Meet-and-Greet of 2025; the first SLNA Meet-and-Greet to include members of the local Old Town Toronto Building Improvement Area (BIA); the first in-person Community Meeting since COVID and; the first hybrid SLNA Community Meeting, not to mention the first time a baby-grand piano will be played in the new North Market building!

The main theme of this month’s Community Meeting Agenda will focus on introducing the SLNA Heritage Committee’s newest project: the Commemoration of the 1841 Shoreline of Lake Ontario. Special guests for this segment of the agenda include:  

·       Ward 13 Councillor Chris Moise

·       ERA Architects Principal Michael McClelland

·       TO Live President & CEO Clyde Wagner

Before and after the meeting, there will be ample opportunity to meet and mingle with neighbours, business people and customers all while enjoying a light snack along with hot and cold (non-alcoholic) beverages, and listening to the piano stylings of neighbourhood artist Alan Cohen, who will be playing a Merriam baby-grand piano.

The SLNA - your neighbourhood association - looks forward to this opportunity to reconnect with neighbours and meet new ones. If you are new to the neighbourhood or haven’t been at an SLNA event recently, please join us on June 25th from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Community Meeting - 6:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.). We’re always interested in talking to you about what we do and why it makes sense to belong to this Association.

Note: Registration will be required for this event. Click the image below or here to register.